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Our Favourite Family Board Games {GIVEAWAY}

December 13, 2018

Holidays are a time for family, food and fun. When I asked my 5-year-old son what is favourite part about Christmas was, he said “the games mama”. It’s about long leisurely meals with lots of hearty fun afterward. Well, it was and is for me anyway.

I agree with my son, my favourite part of family holidays is always the afternoon or “after meal” games. The boys are getting to the age now that they have started to grasp a lot of board games (well at least they think they do). Almost every week they will drag out the entire monopoly set to play ( I think its more about them getting all the money to be honest), but its creating memories, and its bonding. It also instills a little bit of healthy competition 🙂 Snakes and Ladders is one of the best entry points as a board game for kids, its easy to comprehend and my boys are really enjoying it at the moment.

Heres a list of some of our other favourite games:

From Top Left to Right:

Mouse Trap from Prima Games. this variation is available from R199 Makro

Uno Cards are the perfect entry kit into the world of group games. R89.90 from CNA

Pie in your Face – We got this a few months ago, if you have seen my insta stories it is an absolute blast! My boys are suckers for punishment 🙂 (Or they really like licking cream off their faces) R459 from Takealot

Last but certainly not least one of our absolute trending favourites is Boom Blast Stix. Think of a combination of pick up sticks meets Jenga. The aim is to pile your clips as high as you can without them snapping and flying everywhere! This had an entire room full of adults in stitches of laughter earlier this year! R319 from Takealot

GIVEAWAY:

I’ll be contributing to your family memories this holiday, together with Prima Games, by giving away one “Boom Blast Stix” Game.

To Enter:

Tell me about your favourite memory when it comes to playing board games. Its that easy!

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It would have to be playing monopoly with my parents as a kid. We had hours of fun and many laughs were shared. My mom would make a snack platter for us and we would play and eat our snacks and just have a great time. They are both not with us anymore so I hold those memories very close.

My earliest memories of playing board games was as a young child playing Snakes and Ladders with my parents. Though it was as simple as they come, it was enough to keep me entertained. I’ll cherish my childhood board gaming memories forever, but I’m hopeful for the kids of today and beyond when it comes to what board games they’ll play during their formative years. There’s so much better stuff now for players of all ages that I wish I could have been a kid growing up with this medium during its modern age.

my favourite memeory is playing Monoplay with my sister and cousins and as soon as my sister starts to lose her money she used to just take the board and throw it and say she does not want to play anymore . lol and this used to happen all the time.

Our family loves board games. A few Christmas’s ago we sat down for a marathon game of Risk. After about 4 hours my older brother was losing badly and just got up and left and said “this game is stupid”. His new girlfriend who we had met for the first time said “oh my gosh you are such a BABY! And you are supposed to be the oldest here!” So he went and sulked in his room. She won the game and we then started playing monopoly (which the baby loves but we wouldn’t let him join hahaha)

I have fond memories of playing Scrabble with my mom. I think she actually encouraged my love of board games over the years. She’s no longer with us but I’m sure we would still be playing Rummikub and Scrabble if she were 🙂

We have a family tradition that on Friday Nights no matter how tired we are we will have a family game night!! Even the simplest game brings the most pleasure. Pie Face is our best game ever the excitement, anticipation and the surprise splat when it hits you right im the face, makes the best photo’s and memories!!
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We love ghe bonding sessions!! And it encourages family bonding without modern day electronics!!

Board games have always been a part of my life. My brother and I would spend hours playing monopoly and ludo (always trying to kick each other off haha) . Now I have a son who loves all board games. We enjoy playing monopoly and cluedo (which I got for Christmas as a 9 year old….So it’s vintage 😛) amongst others. He is just as competitive 😂

A special memory was playing Monopoly with my grandparents when I stayed over at their home during the school holidays. It was so precious to be with two adorable people I loved dearly and having fun playing our favourite boardgame.
Miss them RIP
I always think of them fondly when I play Monopoly.

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